COVID-19

DairyVoice Podcast 20 Discusses The Changing Business Model in Dairy What are possibilities for the food industry and specifically in dairy as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic? In DairyVoice episode 20, the guest is [Read More …]

Dairy Producers: We Need to Hear from You!

Give Us Your Input and Share Your Needs Take the 2020 Dairy Producer Survey If you’re a Pennsylvania dairy producer, we encourage you to take the 2020 Dairy Producer Survey. The effects of COVID-19 have [Read More …]

The Power of Pizza is on Our Side

There is nothing like the resiliency of pizza. It more than weathered everything that came its way during the COVID-19 pandemic, not only surviving but outselling any other foodservice category in this recent period. Pizza [Read More …]

PRO-DAIRY Webinar: NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support

Business Safety Plans Required For All Farms Cornell Cooperative Extension Webinar Series on developing safety plans for compliance and to reduce liability risk New York State requires businesses to have a specific business [Read More …]

The Value and Importance of Animal Agriculture

65+ organizations and individuals endorse open letter on the importance of animal agriculture in the time of COVID-19 and beyond Leading academics across four continents have joined U.S., Canadian and international organizations representing millions of [Read More …]

Ball State professor helping to distribute 1,500 gallons of milk weekly to food pantries

June 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Prof. Josh Gruver, who teaches courses in natural resources and environmental management as an associate professor at Ball State University, is distributing 1,500 gallons of milk to local emergency food organizations this week. The project [Read More …]

Purdue Extension teams up with Prairie Farms to provide milk to local food pantries

Purdue Extension is partnering with Prairie Farms to distribute gallons of milk to those in need as part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program.Through the program, USDA’s [Read More …]

What’s Next for the Land Market?

June 10, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The agricultural land market came into 2020 with a glimmer of optimism until COVID-19 slammed into people’s lives. Catastrophic disruptions in the world’s economy have reached into U.S. agriculture to play havoc with marketing chains. [Read More …]

Legislative Changes Could Bring Flexibility to PPP

June 9, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (H.R. 7010), which amended several provisions in the Paycheck Protection Program. Many of the changes in the House bill provide flexibility [Read More …]

Record sales to Southeast Asia drive April U.S. dairy export numbers higher

June 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

U.S. suppliers also seeing recovery of whey sales to China. Record exports of dry ingredients to Southeast Asia, plus rebounding volumes of whey products to China, sent U.S. dairy exports higher for the eighth straight [Read More …]

HHS’ CDC and DOL Release Interim Guidance for Agriculture Workers

The CDC and the U.S. Department of Labor has just released interim guidance for agricultural workers and employees. The interim guidance is meant for all agricultural workers and their employees. In a joint press release, [Read More …]

A Chapter in a Crisis Closes, With Hopeful Signs But No Clear Guides

CEO’s Corner: Ready or not, here we come. States across the U.S., in varying degrees of caution, are reopening for business after weeks of severe restrictions caused by the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. Each phase of [Read More …]

U.S. dairy celebrates American consumers

Retail dairy sales from late March through May 17 remain 25 percent higher than a year ago While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of [Read More …]

John Ellsworth of Success Strategies on post-COVID changes and the importance of risk management in dairy

As we come out of the stay in place shutdown from COVID-19, what will be the changes we see. John Ellsworth of Success Strategies talks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News about the importance of [Read More …]

COVID-19 assistance grants available to dairy processors, farms, haulers

Grants are available for costs associated with PPE, social distancing measures The Center for Dairy Excellence has grants available to reimburse costs associated with COVID-19 personal protection equipment and social distancing measures. The grants are [Read More …]

ADSA Opens Registration for 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA) is pleased to announce that registration is open for the ADSA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting, which will take place June 22–24, 2020. The decision to transition to a virtual [Read More …]

World Dairy Expo 2020 Cancelled!

June 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the first time in its 53-year history, World Dairy Expo® has been cancelled. The World Dairy Expo Executive Committee reached this difficult decision based on the public health orders and restrictions related to [Read More …]

Celebrate June Dairy Month With Love Letters and Donations

Zoetis Dear Dairy campaign seeks letters of appreciation and gives back Times are tough, but the dairy industry is resilient. Zoetis is encouraging dairy enthusiasts to celebrate June Dairy Month by giving them the opportunity [Read More …]

This National Dairy Month, Farmers Are Focused On Feeding Those In Need

June 4, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Pennsylvania dairy farmer Louie Diamond rarely hesitates when he sees an opportunity to help someone in need. He traveled to New Orleans to help clean up after Hurricane Katrina. Years later, he was in Puerto [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: On World Milk Day, US Dairy Celebrates American Consumers

June 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 1

While no one can say with certainty that the slow re-openings across the U.S. mark the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s clear these attempts to return to a more normal existence [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of America Asks Nation to Spread #GallonsofGood

June 3, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

This World Milk Day, and throughout June Dairy Month, you share the love and DFA will share the milk with those in need With schools closed and community meal services suspended amid the COVID-19 crisis, [Read More …]

NY Farm Bureau encourages farms to implement new COVID-19 guidance

June 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Yoda 0

New guidance includes information for farmworkers, detailed cleaning protocols New York State has issued comprehensive guidance to help farms manage and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and New York Farm Bureau is asking farms across [Read More …]

Cows on the Concourse Goes Virtual!

June 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

To comply with COVID-19 guidelines, Cows on the Concourse will be going virtual this year instead of holding the regular event in downtown Madison on the Capitol Square. From June 1 to 5, Cows on [Read More …]

Speakers during Week Nine of The Dairy Signal™ to Address Consumer Buying Habits and Environmental Impact of COVID-19

June 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Free online episodes offer insights to help producers make informed decisions According to Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) – week nine of The Dairy Signal™ will feature an all-new line up of speakers addressing a variety [Read More …]

Virginia Cooperative Extension goes digital, explores new pathways for content delivery

June 1, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Bull auctions have moved online and over the phone. Exercise courses are being offered virtually. Baby chicks are hatching on Facebook Live events during embryology classes. Though COVID-19 has halted many of the in-person events [Read More …]

EXCELLENT NEWS – Cheese Inventories are Currently in Check and the COVID-19 CFAP Program Will Bring Additional Improvements

The dairy industry is in turmoil. Milk is being dumped, April Class III prices were extremely low, food service sales of dairy products are way down, and there is no clear path for the U.S. [Read More …]

COVID-19 Can’t Stop This Family Owned Wisconsin Cheese Company

You may know Just the Cheese as the delicious, crunchy #1 cheese snack on Amazon, but don’t let that fool you – Just The Cheese is a small, family-owned company with deep roots in rural Wisconsin. Based [Read More …]

Strategies for early cow dry off

Estimates are that COVID-19 has caused the supply of milk to exceed the demand for milk by up to ten percent. The hope is that this reduced domestic demand and lower exports will be temporary. [Read More …]

NY FarmNet Expands Services to Work with Agribusiness Professionals

NY FarmNet will offer small and medium sized agribusiness Free, confidential consulting In response to the ever-changing times and demands for assistance, NY FarmNet has expanded its services to work individually with agricultural business professionals [Read More …]

CA: CMAB – New Strategies, New Tactics in the Face of COVID-19